8th February 1997

A1A Charters
North by Northwest

Locos Used 31405, 31462, 33202 & 37203

Route :
1T54 : Wolverhampton to Heysham Port
1Z63 : Heysham Port to ?Stafford or Wolverhampton?

Loco(s) Route
31462 + 37203 Wolverhampton - Birmingham New Street - Aston - Bescot - Bushbury Jn - Stafford
31405 + 33202 Stafford - Stoke-on-Trent - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly - Bolton - Preston - Carnforth - Dalton Jn - Park South Jn - Millom - Whitehaven - Workington
31405 + 33202 (1) Workington - Whitehaven - Millom - Barrow-in-Furness - Carnforth - Hest Bank - Morecambe
31462 (2) Morecambe - Heysham Port
31405 + 33202 (3) Heysham Port - Morecambe
31405 + 31462 + 33202 Morecambe - Hest Bank - Carnforth
31405 + 33202 Carnforth - Wennington - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Farington Jn - Leyland - Bolton - Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Stoke-on-Trent - Stafford - (Wolverhampton?)

Notes :
(1) 31462 attached on rear Carnforth North Jn - Morecambe.
(2) 33202 + 31405 on rear.
(3) 31462 on rear.
(4) Timings not issued for return leg from Stoke-on-Trent onwards. Confirmation required on whether the tour returned to Wolverhampton.


33202 & 31405 Stockport (photo : Steve Kemp)

Source : Richard Hughes (boarded at Wolverhampton, left at Stoke-on-Trent)

Timings (Booked Only)
(From David Bellamy)

Location

 Booked (out)   Booked (rtn)
Wolverhampton 05.10d   ?
Birmingham New Street 05.32a ~ 05.37d   ?
Aston 05/44   ?
Bescot 05/58   ?
Portobello Jn 06/10   ?
Bushbury Jn 06/12   ?
Stafford 06L26a ~ 06L41d   ?
Norton Bridge 06/48   ?
Stone 07/00   ?
Stoke Jn 07/10   ?
Stoke-on-Trent 07.14a ~ 07.16d   ?
Kidsgrove 07/35   21/27
Congleton 07/41   21/21
Macclesfield 07/53   21/12
Cheadle Hulme 08/03   20/54
Stockport 08.06a ~ 08.08d   20.45a ~ 20.50d
Heaton Norris Jn 08/10   20/43
Slade Lane Jn 08/13   20/41
Ardwick Jn 08/15   20/37
Manchester Piccadilly 08/17   20/35
Manchester Oxford Road 08/20   20/30
Deansgate 08/23   20/27
Ordsall Lane Jn 08/25   20/25
Salford Crescent 08/28   20/23
Bolton 08/41   20/12
Lostock Jn 08/46   20/07
Chorley 09/02   19/58
Euxton Jn 09/08   19/53

 

Location

 Booked
Preston 09.14a ~ 09.16d
Lancaster 09/46
Carnforth North Jn 09/54
Carnforth 09.54a ~ 10.01d
Arnside 10/10
Plumpton Jn 10/25
Dalton Jn 10/37
Park South Jn 10/42
Askam 10/48
Foxfield 10/56
Millom 11/02
Bootle 11/17
Ravenglass 11.22a ~ 11.24d
Sellafield 11/33
St. Bees 11/42
Corkickle 11/48
Whitehaven 11/49
Parton 11/59
Parton North Jn 12/05
Workington 12.14a ~ 13.15d
Parton North Jn 13/24
Parton 13/29
Whitehaven 13/32
St. Bees 13/41
Sellafield 13/48
Ravenglass 13.57a ~ 13.59d
Bootle 14/05
Millom 14/14
Foxfield 14/20
Park South Jn 14/30
Barrow 14/40
Plumpton Jn 14/55
Arnside 15/08
Carnforth 15.16a ~ 15.27d
Carnforth North Jn 15/28 (L)
Hest Bank 15/34
Bare Lane 15.39a ~ 15.41d
Morecambe 15.45a ~ 16.00d
Heysham Port 16.16a ~ 16.40d
Morecambe 16.55a ~ 17.20d
Bare Lane 17.25a ~ 17.27d
Hest Bank 17/33
Carnforth North Jn 17/39
Carnforth 17.40a ~ 17.47d
Carnforth East Jn 17/50
Hellifield 18/31
Clitheroe 19/10
Daisyfield Jn 19/28
Lostock Hall Jn 19/41
Farington Jn 19/44
Leyland 19.47a ~ 19.49d


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